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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Saturday Snapshot Projects , projects, projects.

Saturday Snapshots is hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads. Log on to her blog, read the rules and share your photos.

The first 3 days of the week, I attended at Quilt Retreat at The Ranch at Ucross. The weather was beautiful, even though the prior week it was below zero every day. This is the view past the dining hall looking toward the sleeping rooms.

Below is looking south from the dining hall. They have an old buckboard in the front yard. The trees are definitely bare and winter has begun. The snow was melting in the bright sunshine.

This is the old ranch house that was remodeled into the dining room, bar and some rooms upstairs. There is a wrap around deck that would be awesome in the spring and summer, a little too cold for us this November.

Now for some of the quilts and quilted projects that were constructed over the two days.

I made this tiny Christmas quilt from 2 packs of 5" squares. It is really busy and will have a border before I quilt it.

This is a kaleidoscope quilt pieced by my friend Carol. All the centers were cut from the same fabric and put back together in different configurations.

Eileen is one of our ranch women. Her house is western in decor and so this Christmas Boot table runner will be right at home on her dining room table.

Jeanine had tons of Christmas fabric scraps and pieced this Scrap Crazy quilt using a set of templates from Creative Grids.

Kathy is our professional long arm quilter and she is very creative. This is Christmas bird fabric that she cut apart, then machine appliqued to cream squares . She designed a blue and red sashing with 9 patch corner stones.

Lynn embroidered these 6 snowmen scenes then pieced them into a darling little quilt. Someone very lucky is going to be the recipient of this special quilt.

Maggie paper pieced the center spruce tree, then appliqued the bottom and the top for this table runner. Very elegant, don't you think?

This is only about 1/3 of the projects that were begun, completed or worked on while we sewed for 3 days. The staff waited on us hand and foot, the food was top notch and they kept us supplied with coffee, tea and plenty of bottles of water. We had a great time and have already reserved our rooms for next year.

If I ever go on a quilting retreat, this is the place I want to visit! I know you had a great time and accomplished a lot. I enjoyed the variety of quilts you showed on your post today. Each one reflects the quilter's personality and is so beautifully constructed. Your quilt has inspired me to use up some of my Christmas fabric scraps. Thank you for leaving a comment on my blog post today.

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I have been married for 52 years, have 2 children, 4 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. I have always been a crafter. Trying different things at different times in my life. Of course, I love to read.